Murray/Trivia

Trivia relating to Murray.

Trivia

• Murray's signature color is fuchsia.
  • Strangely, in Sly 2 and Sly 3 his skin is magenta in gameplay while in artwork/cutscenes it is light blush color, while it seemed to be reversed in Thieves in Time.
• His name could come from Charles Murray, who arranged the transport of a hippopotamus named Obaysch, and was nicknamed "Hippopotamus Murray".
• Murray is the only character to have a permanent alternate skin, that being his Dreamtime outfit that he wears in An Opera of Fear.
  • Despite renouncing his devotion to his training at the end of the level, Murray will still be wearing the Dreamtime uniform when the player revisits Venice, and it cannot be changed to his original outfit. Murray wears his default outfit in all subsequent missions.
• In the cutscene after Muggshot's defeat in Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus, he is wearing a hat with "WW" on it. This is a reference to Whoopie World from Rocket: Robot on Wheels, Sucker Punch's first game.
• Like Sly Cooper and Bentley, Murray can't swim. It was stated in the Sly 2: Band of Thieves instruction manual that it's because the gang didn't take swimming lessons at the orphanage.
  • Unlike Sly and Bentley's species (raccoon and turtle, respectively), Murray's species, the hippopotamus, cannot technically swim. They can only move in water if it is shallow enough for them to stand in with their heads above the surface.
  • Also unlike Sly and Bentley, he appears to have overcome this weakness, at least with the aid of scuba gear, as he is briefly seen swimming in Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time. However, wearing the scuba gear in-game does not give him the ability to swim, nor does it affect damage taken from falling in water.
• As a child, Murray wore a Japanese "Rising Sun" headband.
• Murray's species, the hippopotamus, is actually one of the most dangerous animals in Africa, as they are highly aggressive and unpredictable, in contrast to Murray's friendly personality. However, he has proven he is dangerous when angered. A real hippopotamus also tends to use its jaws as its weapon of choice, whereas Murray does not bite into anybody while attacking at all.
• His appearance in the ending of Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves references the anime Speed Racer, specifically the ending portion of the show's opening.
• In the Cooper Vault job, he worked "Recovery Team."
• According to Dr. M, Murray is far more powerful than Jim McSweeney ever was.
• During development of the first game, Murray was initially going to be openly bisexual. This idea was dropped, however, after early tests confused players as to why Murray was talking the way he did; some of whom thought the voice actor, Chris Murphy, was trying to replicate Barney the Dinosaur.
  • This voice can be heard in some of the early demos for the games. Some of the audio files are also accessible on disc.
  • Sucker Punch also tried to replace Murphy for Sly 2, but he was brought back as Murray's voice actor.
• The trailer "Murray's Mailbag" reveals that the reason Murray doesn't wear pants is that he can't find any in his size, a fact that embarrasses and frustrates him.
  • Murray is also one of two characters not to wear pants due to an enormous size, along with Miss Decibel.
• Murray is voiced in Japanese by Takashi Nagasako in Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus and Sly 2. Since Sly 3 (including in PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale and The Sly Collection), he has been voiced by Hajime Iijima.
• In Japanese, Murray is called "Captain Murray" from Sly 2 onward.
• Murray is the only member in the Cooper Gang to cross-dress, and has done so three times, once in the short "Goodbye My Sweet," another time in The Adventures of Sly Cooper issue 2 and again in Thieves in Time.
• In Thieves in Time, Murray eats a variety of foods, such as ice cream, pizza and cheeseburgers, while standing idle. If he produces a piece of broccoli however, he holds back his barf, and discards the food.
  • While sitting down, Murray attempts to eat pie twice, but he is never shown stuffing the food into his mouth. Once, Bob Cooper ate the whole thing in one bite, and another time, he was too disappointed to start eating immediately.
• In Thieves in Time, Murray has a miniature figurine of the Guru hanging from inside his binocucom.
• Murray's uppercut punch in Sly 2 and Sly 3 cannot kill rooftop guards, since it's used to pick them up. However, it can kill flashlight guards.
  • In Sly 2, it is possible for Murray to quickly take out a flashlight guard with an uppercut immediately after landing a regular punch, as long as the player is quick enough.
  • It is also possible for Murray to endlessly juggle rooftop guards with his uppercut move.
• Murray is the only founding member of the Cooper Gang not to do a cutscene narrative.
• Murray is one of five mammal characters not to have fur, along with Miss Decibel, Madame D'Oinkeau, Pachyderma Tuskinanny, Madame Geisha, and Sheriff Toothpick.
• He is one of four characters engaged in a boss fight as both a protagonist and an antagonist, along with Penelope, Dimitri, and the Panda King, although Murray only counts because the Contessa had brainwashed him.
• In Sly Cooper 2 Band of Thieves. Murray's belt seems to resemble a deadlift support belt.